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USGS employee showing holiday spirit while conducting a tape down measurement in a groundwater well
USGS employee showing holiday spirit at groundwater well
USGS employee showing holiday spirit at groundwater well
USGS employee showing holiday spirit at groundwater well

Hydrologic technician performing an electric tape down measurement of a real-time recording groundwater well station while showing some holiday spirit. The site ID is: 415546071474701 RI-BUW 395 located in Burrillville, Rhode Island.

Hydrologic technician performing an electric tape down measurement of a real-time recording groundwater well station while showing some holiday spirit. The site ID is: 415546071474701 RI-BUW 395 located in Burrillville, Rhode Island.

New hydrotech Sam Matschek takes WWG reading on Wabash River
New hydrotech Sam Matschek takes WWG reading on Wabash River
New hydrotech Sam Matschek takes WWG reading on Wabash River
Ringing Rocks
Pam Reilly
Pam Reilly
Pam Reilly

Pamela Reilly, Hydrologist

Hydrologic Technician, Brady Long, performs routine water quality inspection at the Cooper River station 0217206935.
Hydrologic Technician inspects gage on the Cooper River, SC.
Hydrologic Technician inspects gage on the Cooper River, SC.
Hydrologic Technician inspects gage on the Cooper River, SC.

Hydrologic Technician, Brady Long, performs routine water quality inspection of streamgage 0217206935 Cooper River in Charleston, SC. Cooperator/funding provided by the US Army Core of Engineers. 

Hydrologic Technician, Brady Long, performs routine water quality inspection of streamgage 0217206935 Cooper River in Charleston, SC. Cooperator/funding provided by the US Army Core of Engineers. 

Hydrologic Technician, Brady Long, performs routine water quality inspection at the Cooper River, SC
Hydrologic Technician performs routine water quality inspection
Hydrologic Technician performs routine water quality inspection
Hydrologic Technician performs routine water quality inspection

Hydrologic Technician, Brady Long, performs routine water quality inspection at the Cooper River, South Carolina

Photo of groundwater well housing, a small metal structure with an antenna on top. Site is arid and surrounded by small bushes.
USGS Nevada Groundwater Site 393310114475001
USGS Nevada Groundwater Site 393310114475001
USGS Nevada Groundwater Site 393310114475001

Did you know the USGS has been studying groundwater since we were founded? USGS first measured the groundwater level at the well in this photo in 1918, over one hundred years ago! How often water levels are measured at a site in the USGS groundwater monitoring networks varies, depending on the scientific purpose of the measurement.

Did you know the USGS has been studying groundwater since we were founded? USGS first measured the groundwater level at the well in this photo in 1918, over one hundred years ago! How often water levels are measured at a site in the USGS groundwater monitoring networks varies, depending on the scientific purpose of the measurement.

Photo of groundwater well housing, a small metal structure with an antenna on top. Site is arid and surrounded by small bushes.
USGS Nevada Groundwater Site 393310114475001
USGS Nevada Groundwater Site 393310114475001
USGS Nevada Groundwater Site 393310114475001

Did you know the USGS has been studying groundwater since we were founded? USGS first measured the groundwater level at the well in this photo in 1918, over one hundred years ago! How often water levels are measured at a site in the USGS groundwater monitoring networks varies, depending on the scientific purpose of the measurement.

Did you know the USGS has been studying groundwater since we were founded? USGS first measured the groundwater level at the well in this photo in 1918, over one hundred years ago! How often water levels are measured at a site in the USGS groundwater monitoring networks varies, depending on the scientific purpose of the measurement.

Skylar Smith and Jim Duncker paddle across the Sandusky River, Ohio to collect bathymetry data for use in a hydraulic model.
Skylar Smith and Jim Duncker paddle across the Sandusky River, Ohio
Skylar Smith and Jim Duncker paddle across the Sandusky River, Ohio
Skylar Smith and Jim Duncker paddle across the Sandusky River, Ohio

Skylar Smith and Jim Duncker (Central Midwest Water Science Center) paddle across the Sandusky River, Ohio to collect bathymetry data for use in a hydraulic model.

Skylar Smith and Jim Duncker (Central Midwest Water Science Center) paddle across the Sandusky River, Ohio to collect bathymetry data for use in a hydraulic model.

This is the gage house on the Williamson River, USGS site 11502500.
Williamson River below the Sprague River in Chiloquin, OR.
Williamson River below the Sprague River in Chiloquin, OR.
Williamson River below the Sprague River in Chiloquin, OR.

This is a view of a USGS surface water stream gage that contains equipment to monitor discharge at the Williamson River below the Sprague Ruver in Chiloquin, Oregon. The gage house contains a historic stilling well and a device that records the level of water. It also has a water temerature sensor and a turbidimeter.

This is a view of a USGS surface water stream gage that contains equipment to monitor discharge at the Williamson River below the Sprague Ruver in Chiloquin, Oregon. The gage house contains a historic stilling well and a device that records the level of water. It also has a water temerature sensor and a turbidimeter.

USGS employee in canoe
USGS employee in canoe
USGS employee in canoe
USGS employee in canoe

USGS employee in canoe

USGS employee in canoe

Hydrologic Technician Sharon Mulready checks equipment on electrical power tower
Hydrologic Technician Sharon Mulready checks equipment on tower
Hydrologic Technician Sharon Mulready checks equipment on tower
Hydrologic Technician Sharon Mulready checks equipment on tower

Hydrologic Technician Sharon Mulready checks equipment on electrical power tower and site 372750122012701 Coyote Creek near Alviso Slough. The tidal gage is located at the confluence of Coyote Creek and Alviso Slough, and is accessible only by boat. The estuary is fed by the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and various tributaries in the Central Valley.

Hydrologic Technician Sharon Mulready checks equipment on electrical power tower and site 372750122012701 Coyote Creek near Alviso Slough. The tidal gage is located at the confluence of Coyote Creek and Alviso Slough, and is accessible only by boat. The estuary is fed by the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and various tributaries in the Central Valley.

The distribution of water on, in, and above the Earth
The distribution of water on, in, and above the Earth
The distribution of water on, in, and above the Earth
The distribution of water on, in, and above the Earth

The World's Water - Distribution of Earth's Water

WY-MT Water Science Center 2019 all-hands meeting
WY-MT Water Science Center 2019 all-hands meeting
WY-MT Water Science Center 2019 all-hands meeting
WY-MT Water Science Center 2019 all-hands meeting

WY-MT Water Science Center 2019 all-hands meeting

William Wright (Left) and Ben Holman (Right) are installing an outside staff gage at a new station
William Wright and Ben Holman installing a staff gage
William Wright and Ben Holman installing a staff gage
William Wright and Ben Holman installing a staff gage

William Wright (Left) and Ben Holman (Right) are installing an outside staff gage for this new station. Phelps Creek Below Unnamed Trib Near Index, WA ID 12147680.

William Wright (Left) and Ben Holman (Right) are installing an outside staff gage for this new station. Phelps Creek Below Unnamed Trib Near Index, WA ID 12147680.

Dee-Ann McCarthy (USGS) measuring low flow in picturesque New England fall foliage
Dee-Ann McCarthy (USGS) measuring low flow in picturesque New England
Dee-Ann McCarthy (USGS) measuring low flow in picturesque New England
Dee-Ann McCarthy (USGS) measuring low flow in picturesque New England

Dee-Ann McCarthy (USGS) measuring low flow in picturesque New England fall foliage at stream gage 01118300 Pendleton Hill Brook near Clarks Falls, CT.

The Ben Franklin Bridge stretches over the Delaware River. 
The Ben Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River. 
The Ben Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River. 
The Ben Franklin Bridge over the Delaware River. 

The Ben Franklin Bridge stretches over the Delaware River. The Delaware River Basin provides water to big cities such as New York and Philadelphia. 

The Ben Franklin Bridge stretches over the Delaware River. The Delaware River Basin provides water to big cities such as New York and Philadelphia. 

Mike Michelotti is making a winter stream flow measurement using a flow tracker.
Mike Michelotti is making a winter stream flow measurement
Mike Michelotti is making a winter stream flow measurement
Mike Michelotti is making a winter stream flow measurement

Mike Michelotti is making a winter stream flow measurement using a flow tracker at stream gage 12413210 South Fork Coeur D' Alene River at Elizabeth Park near Kellogg, ID.

USGS stream gage 10242000 Coal Creek near Cedar City, Utah
USGS stream gage 10242000 Coal Creek near Cedar City, Utah
USGS stream gage 10242000 Coal Creek near Cedar City, Utah
USGS stream gage 10242000 Coal Creek near Cedar City, Utah

Fall time descends on Southwest Utah. The changing fall leaves coupled with blue skies and red rock backdrop make for a beautiful morning for a discharge measurement at the Coal Creek near Cedar City, Utah stream gage 10242000.

Fall time descends on Southwest Utah. The changing fall leaves coupled with blue skies and red rock backdrop make for a beautiful morning for a discharge measurement at the Coal Creek near Cedar City, Utah stream gage 10242000.